Connect your UpCloud account
Create an UpCloud API token, connect it to Nuvlo, and create your first UpCloud server.
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Before you start
- An UpCloud account with credit on it. UpCloud is prepaid.
- The Owner, Admin or Developer role on your Nuvlo account
Step 1 Open API tokens in UpCloud
Sign in to the UpCloud control panel with a user that can create servers, open Account → API Tokens and click Add new API token.
Step 2 Set up the token
- Name: something you’ll recognize, such as “Nuvlo”.
- Expiration: UpCloud tokens last at most a year. Note the date, because Nuvlo cannot manage your servers after the token expires.
- Leave the option that lets the token create other tokens turned off. Nuvlo doesn’t need it.
- IP restrictions: allow access from all IP addresses. If you restrict the token, UpCloud refuses Nuvlo’s requests.
Step 3 Copy the token
Click Create API token and copy the token. It starts with ucat_ and is shown only once.
Step 4 Add the token in Nuvlo
In Nuvlo, open Integrations → Server providers, click Add provider and choose UpCloud.
Enter an Account label (optional) and paste the token into API key or token.
Step 5 Connect and check
Click Connect account. Nuvlo checks the token with UpCloud and saves it. The account shows under Connected accounts.
Step 6 Create your first UpCloud server
Open Create server, choose UpCloud and, if you have several, the account under Account. Click Choose what to host and follow Create a server.
Prices in the wizard are in your UpCloud account’s currency.
Good to know
| Topic | On UpCloud |
|---|---|
| Billing | Prepaid. Costs come off your UpCloud credit every hour, capped at the monthly price. |
| Plans | General-purpose plans in one price list. |
| Resizing | Any plan, bigger or smaller. The disk can grow but never shrinks, and storage beyond the plan’s own is billed separately. The IP address stays the same. |
| Provider backups | Not managed from Nuvlo. Use site backups and snapshots. |
| Snapshots | Restore into a new server. |
ImportantUpCloud shuts your servers down when the credit runs out. Nuvlo sends provider bill reminders in the weeks before, so you can top up in time.
Troubleshooting
- The provider rejected this key: the token was mistyped, revoked, has expired, or is limited to certain IP addresses. Create a new token that allows all IP addresses.
- Your servers stop being manageable after a while: the token has probably expired. Create a new one and paste it under Manage on the Server providers page.







